Wearing my heart on my sleeve. Poetry and thoughts I wish I could actually say.

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It was Parent’s weekend. It was first chance at getting away from the Zoo, as cadets referred to the Academy. Joe’s parents came in, and they brought a surprise. The prettiest redhead he’s ever seen was there, and was he glad to see her. Air Force beat one of their rivals pretty soundly. The freshmen… Continue reading Six

The last night before he left, Joe spent it with her and his best friend. They sat in her driveway, looking at the stars, kissing one last time before he would go away. She spent the night at his house so she could ride with him early to the airport. The next day, it was… Continue reading Five

He wrote her poetry. He had piles of poems written for her. He finally read one to her at prom. The had a small rose wrapped in the paper the poem was written on, and handed it to her as they sat on a lifeguard stand in their formal wear, watching the sun set over… Continue reading Four

Nicole’s wisdom teeth were pulled in the middle of Joe’s freshman year. She was under orders to rest and heal. Her typically slender face with porcelain skin was as puffy as he’d ever seen it. Joe saw his opportunity to pierce the bubble between them. He brought her a smoothie to help cool the pain… Continue reading Three

Going back, Joseph Brice was the intellectual loner and a romantic, the shy kid that had all the answers. In elementary school he moved from crush to crush on the girls in his class. He never knew what to say to them. They never seemed to notice him. He’d play G.I. Joe’s with the boys… Continue reading Two

Everything he owned now fit neatly in a cardboard box. A burnt picture. A collection of poetry that he kept in his safe, and the burnt pieces of leather and chain, a melted hunk of brass resembling a flower, half a silver set of wings, and the two rings that he wore his whole… Continue reading One

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